Toddler & Night Terrors

I had night terrors when I was younger and I have a good friend who still gets them. From what was explained to me when I was having them, they are caused when part of your brain wakes up while the part that controls dreaming remains asleep and in dream mode. But the dreams turn into nightmares about monsters or ghosts or intruders which seem very real because you think you are fully awake. I think the point of the Benadryl is that it really works very well in putting most people and children to sleep and if the whole brain remains asleep, it helps prevent the terrors and the dreams remain normal. And it's safer for children than a tranquilizer which is what they frequently prescribe for adults who get these terrors. It may or may not work, but I don't think the doctor was being glib or uncaring but was offering a suggestion that she thought might help.